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Israeli forces kill prominent Hamas militant, four others
Updated On: 30 August, 2024 07:10 AM IST | Tulkarem | Agencies
Continue deadliest of West Bank raids since the Gaza war began
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A boy walks along an road excavated by the Israeli military in the Fara refugee camp. Pic/AFP
The Israeli military said it killed five more militants, including a local commander, early Thursday in the West Bank as it pressed ahead with what appeared to be the deadliest military operation in the occupied territory since the start of the war in Gaza.
Israel says the simultaneous raids across the northern West Bank — which have killed a total of 16 people, nearly all militants, since late Tuesday — are aimed at preventing attacks. The Palestinians see them as a widening of the Israel-Hamas war aimed at perpetuating Israel’s decades-long military rule over the territory.
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